西行
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西行 was a renowned late Heian to early Kamakura period Japanese Buddhist monk and poet celebrated for his deeply reflective waka poetry and wandering, reclusive life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 西行 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4204809 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 西行 Context triple: [Saigyō, nativeName, 西行]
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A.
Five Treasures of the Great Snow
Five Treasures of the Great Snow is a traditional name referring to Kangchenjunga, the world’s third-highest mountain revered in local mythology for its five prominent peaks.
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B.
Bishu Shanzhuang
Bishu Shanzhuang is a vast Qing dynasty imperial summer resort and palace complex in Chengde, China, renowned for its landscaped gardens, lakes, and diverse architectural styles.
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C.
Huangbo Xiyun
Huangbo Xiyun was a prominent 9th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master known for his radical teaching of “mind is Buddha” and his strong influence on later Zen traditions.
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D.
Yingtian
Yingtian was an important early Ming dynasty capital city, historically centered around present-day Nanjing in China.
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E.
Shitou Xiqian
Shitou Xiqian was an influential 8th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master, renowned for his poetic teachings and as a key figure in the development of the Caodong/Sōtō Zen lineage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 西行 Target entity description: 西行 was a renowned late Heian to early Kamakura period Japanese Buddhist monk and poet celebrated for his deeply reflective waka poetry and wandering, reclusive life.
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A.
Five Treasures of the Great Snow
Five Treasures of the Great Snow is a traditional name referring to Kangchenjunga, the world’s third-highest mountain revered in local mythology for its five prominent peaks.
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B.
Bishu Shanzhuang
Bishu Shanzhuang is a vast Qing dynasty imperial summer resort and palace complex in Chengde, China, renowned for its landscaped gardens, lakes, and diverse architectural styles.
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C.
Huangbo Xiyun
Huangbo Xiyun was a prominent 9th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master known for his radical teaching of “mind is Buddha” and his strong influence on later Zen traditions.
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D.
Yingtian
Yingtian was an important early Ming dynasty capital city, historically centered around present-day Nanjing in China.
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E.
Shitou Xiqian
Shitou Xiqian was an influential 8th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master, renowned for his poetic teachings and as a key figure in the development of the Caodong/Sōtō Zen lineage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
人物
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仏教詩人 ⓘ 平安時代の人物 ⓘ 日本の僧侶 ⓘ 歌人 ⓘ 鎌倉時代の人物 ⓘ |
| 主なゆかりの地 |
吉野
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河内国弘川寺 ⓘ 高野山 ⓘ |
| 主な活動形態 |
遊行
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隠遁生活 ⓘ |
| 主題 |
恋愛
ⓘ
無常観 ⓘ 自然賛美 ⓘ 隠遁と出離 ⓘ |
| 仕えた人物 |
待賢門院璋子
ⓘ
鳥羽上皇 ⓘ |
| 代表的歌集 |
山家集
ⓘ
西行法師家集 ⓘ |
| 出家年 | 1140年頃 ⓘ |
| 出家後の名 | 西行 ⓘ |
| 出家時の年齢 | 23歳頃 ⓘ |
| 出生名 | 佐藤義清 ⓘ |
| 出身地 |
武蔵国
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現在の東京都周辺 ⓘ |
| 別名 |
佐藤義清
ⓘ
西行法師 ⓘ |
| 収録歌数 | 約2300首以上の和歌が伝わる ⓘ |
| 国籍 | 日本 ⓘ |
| 宗教 | 仏教 ⓘ |
| 宗派 |
修験道的傾向
ⓘ
真言宗系 ⓘ
linked to:
Shingon Buddhism
|
| 影響を与えた人物 |
後鳥羽院
ⓘ
松尾芭蕉 ⓘ
linked to:
Matsuo Bashō
藤原定家 ⓘ |
| 影響を与えた分野 |
中世和歌史
ⓘ
linked to:
Shinkokin Wakashū
日本中世文学 ⓘ |
| 後世の受容 |
多くの伝説や逸話が生まれた
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能や説話・絵巻などの題材となった ⓘ |
| 文化的評価 | 中世日本を代表する歌僧とされる ⓘ |
| 文学ジャンル | 和歌 ⓘ |
| 時代 |
平安時代末期
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鎌倉時代初期 ⓘ |
| 死去地 | 河内国弘川寺付近と伝えられる ⓘ |
| 没年 | 1190年頃 ⓘ |
| 活動地域 |
日本
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan
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| 特徴 |
各地を遍歴する放浪の僧であった
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宗教的・内省的な歌風で知られる ⓘ 自然と無常を主題とする和歌を多く詠んだ ⓘ |
| 生年 | 1118年頃 ⓘ |
| 職業 |
僧侶
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歌人 ⓘ 武士 ⓘ |
| 評価 | 新古今和歌集的歌風の先駆とされる ⓘ |
| 身分 | 北面の武士 ⓘ |
| 関連作品 |
新古今和歌集
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linked to:
Shinkokin Wakashū
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 西行 Description of subject: 西行 was a renowned late Heian to early Kamakura period Japanese Buddhist monk and poet celebrated for his deeply reflective waka poetry and wandering, reclusive life.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.